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William Charke - Abraham Ortelius - 1584-8-8
FINA IDUnique ID of the page  393
InstitutionName of Institution. The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek
InventoryInventory number. MS 79 C 4 (080), f° 41
AuthorAuthor of the document. William Charke
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence. Abraham Ortelius
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year . August 8, 1584
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution. London 51° 30' 26.35" N, 0° 7' 39.54" W
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation. Emanuel van Metheren
LiteratureReference to literature. Hessels 1887, no. 140, p. 3221, Callataÿ 2017, p. 71-72, n° 102, Burnett 2020b, pp. 141, 193 n. 53
KeywordNumismatic Keywords  Pertinax , Roman , Balbinus , Numerianus , Florianus
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence Latin
External LinkLink to external information, e.g. Wikpedia  http://www.numisbel.be/KBGN%20175 Callatay.pdf
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8 August 1584 (from London): “Pertinacem meum quanti faciam, scripsi, opinor, Litteris superioribus. Certè amantissimi mei nec prece nec pretio. Tibi tamen per Demetrium nostrum misi senem illum, ceteris quidem felicem, solo imperio, non sua, sed sicariorum scelere, infelicem. Conditionis oblitus videtur Demetrius. Nam hunc unum multò pluris Facio, quam Balbinum, Florianum, Numerianum. Sed Ortelio meo Pertinacem longè postpone. Agam igitur amoris officio, potius quam pretio aut permutatione. Si (quae certè mea fuit conditio) Numeriano tuo addas Balbinum et Florianum, Pertinax meus tuus esto. Balbinum si non potes, alium dato ex thesauro tuo, unde non est difficile conditionibus istis cumulate satisfacere. Interim donec utrinque placeant conditiones Pertinacem amato plurimum, et serva diligenter; et me, qui te facio maximi et magnopere velim ut tibi viro praestantissimo opera mea usui esse possit ; idque persuasum habeas rogo” (Den Haag, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, MS 79 C 4 (080), f° 41 ; Hessels 1887, no. 140, p. 322).

['I wrote, I think, in my last letter how much I value my Pertinax. Indeed my dearest friends would never get it, by prayer or by payment. But it was to you I sent, via our Demetrius, the old man, happy in every other respect, but unhappy with his sole reign which was not his fault but the crime of murderers.
Demetrius seems to have forgotten about my proposition. I value this one alone at much more than a Balbinus, a Florian or a Numerian. But I put Pertinax long behind my Ortelius. So I am doing this as a courtesy of affection, rather than for money or as a business exchange. If (which was indeed my proposal) you would add to your Numerian a Balbinus and a Florian, then my Pertinax is yours. If you can’t do the Balbinus, give another one from your collection, from which it isn’t difficult to fully accommodate my proposition. In the meantime until our business is mutually agreed, love the Pertinax a lot, and look after it carefully.' (translation from Burnett 2020b, p. 141)]

References

  1. ^  Hessels, J.H. (1887), Abrahami Ortelii (geographi Antverpiensis) et virorum eruditorum ad eundem et ad Jacobum Colium Ortelianum (Abraham Ortelii sororis filium) epistulae cum aliquot aliis epistulis et tractatibus quibusdam ab utroque collectis (1524-1628) ex autographis mandante ecclesia Londino-Batava, Cantabrigae. Reprint: Osnabrück, O. Zeller, 1969.
  2. ^  Callataÿ, Fr. de (2017), “Glory and misery of Belgian numismatics from the 16th to the 18th c. as seen through three milestones (Goltz 1563, Serrure 1847 and the Dekesels) and private correspondences”, in J. Moens (ed.), 175 years of Royal Numismatic Society of Belgium. Proceedings of the Colloquium ‘Belgian numismatics in perspective (Brussels, 21 May 2016’), Brussels, pp. 37-129.
  3. ^  Burnett, Andrew M. (2020), The Hidden Treasures of this Happy Land. A History of Numismatics in Britain from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment, BNS Special Publ. No 14 = RNS Special Publ. No 58, London, Spink & Son.